Illustration: At the preparation counter of a small Japanese restaurant, a cook draws a kitchen knife through a ripe tomato with relaxed fingertips and almost no downward force. A newly cut slice bends away from the blade, thin enough for its seed chambers to show clearly.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

切きれ味あじ

kireaji

sharpness, cutting ability

Example sentences

  1. このナイフは切きれ味あじが悪わるい。

    This knife is dull.

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  2. そのナイフはとても切きれ味あじがいい。

    That knife is really sharp.

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  3. このピーラー、持もちやすいし切きれ味あじもいいよ。

    This peeler is easy to handle and sharp.

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Kanji in 切味

  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる
  • 味flavor; tasteOnミKunあじ・あじわう

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